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Colombian court orders volleyball league to reverse its ban on trans players
A Columbian volleyball league must allow trans athletes to take part in sporting events, a court has ruled. The Liga Antioqueña de Voleibol, a Colombian volleyball league regulator in Antioquia, was ordered by a constitutional court to amend its policies excluding trans people from its competitions. An unnamed trans athlete sued the sports regulator after it banned her from competing in women’s volleyball matches midway through a tournament. Des…
The Eighth Review Chamber of the Constitutional Court ruled in favour of Emiliana Castrillón, a trans sportswoman who filed a tutelage action against the Anti-Oqueña Volleyball League, who had denied her participation in a women’s tournament. The decision comes after the Anti-Oqueña League amended its regulations according to which, in order to participate in the female category, it is necessary to be a cisgender woman. That is, to be born with …
After the complaint filed by Emiliana Castrillón, a trans volleyball player, against the Anti-Ocqueña Volleyball League for being excluded from a female jurisdiction, the Constitutional Court ruled in favour of the sportswoman indicating the violation of the fundamental rights to dignity, equality and free development. Other news: “The danger of being trans: from silence to voice” - In depth “The Eighth Review Chamber upheld the principles of go…
The case began when the Anti-Ocqueña Volleyball League changed its rules of procedure to require that, in the female category, only those born women could compete
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